Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Pakistan has 509 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 33.9% from 380 in 2021. That places Pakistan 38th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists (29), followed by Government College University Faisalabad (28).

Single Year

509

+129 (+33.9%) vs 2021

Career Data

137

+10 (+7.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#38

up 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

133

+14 (+11.8%) vs 2021

Scientists in Pakistan on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+56.4%

2022+33.9%

2023+39.3%

2024+18.8%

2025+12.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	243		81
2021	380	+56.4%	127	+56.8%
2022	509	+33.9%	137	+7.9%
2023	709	+39.3%	187	+36.5%
2024	842	+18.8%	223	+19.3%
2025	946	+12.4%	268	+20.2%

Top 10 institutes in Pakistan

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Pakistan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	343	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3
2	1,603	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 18
3	1,823	KM Khan, M. Ijaz	Riphah International University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 22
4	2,179	ER Ellahi, R.	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 25
5	5,208	IM Iqbal, Munawar	University of Education	Chemical Physics	Rank 97
6	5,586	TM Tahir, M. B.	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 103
7	6,124	NS Nadeem, Sohail	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 56
8	6,852	KA Kausar, Ayesha	Quaid-i-Azam University	Polymers	Rank 38
9	8,546	AN Akbar, Noreen Sher	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 76
10	9,545	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 125
11	10,037	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 207
12	11,119	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 117
13	11,576	SM Shahid, M.	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 126
14	11,597	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 378
15	12,329	AH Ali, H.	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 141
16	12,454	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 41
17	13,005	BA Baig, Abdul	The Aga Khan University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 788
18	13,635	Javaid, Nadeem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 111
19	15,497	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 40
20	15,997	KM Khan, Masood	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 148
21	16,504	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 158
22	16,719	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 87
23	19,639	AM Azam, Muhammad	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 283
24	19,889	SS Shehzad, S. A.	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 186
25	20,320	FS Fahad, Shah	The University of Haripur	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 260
26	23,001	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 78
27	24,633	QS Qureshi, Sania	Mehran University of Engineering & Technology	Mathematical Physics	Rank 16
28	24,856	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 159
29	25,402	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 74
30	25,815	Afsar, Bilal	Hazara University Pakistan	Business & Management	Rank 545
31	26,068	AM Ali, Muhammad Irfan	Islamabad Model College for Boys	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 770
32	26,526	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 318
33	27,099	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 326
34	31,286	HI Hanif, Imran	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 636
35	31,936	MT Mahmood, Tahir	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 897
36	32,132	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Chemical Engineering	Rank 181
37	33,370	BR Briddon, R. W.	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Pakistan	Virology	Rank 191
38	33,452	KN Khan, Najeeb Alam	University of Karachi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 297
39	35,553	RS Raza, Syed Ali	Iqra University	Business & Management	Rank 738
40	38,731	GA Gilani, Anwarul Hassan	The Aga Khan University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 129
41	38,951	HA Haider, Adil Hussain	The Aga Khan University	Surgery	Rank 160
42	39,785	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan	Government College University Faisalabad	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 251
43	40,040	Nizami, Abdul Sattar	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 839
44	40,246	MS Mukhtar, Sonia	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Social Work	Rank 7
45	40,919	UM Usman, M.	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 610
46	40,962	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 308
47	42,742	AM Ahmad, Mahtab	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 521
48	42,771	KM Khan, Muhammad Attique	HITEC University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,191
49	43,259	SM Sharif, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,203
50	43,926	HA Haq, Abdul	Quaid-i-Azam University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 230
51	43,934	DJ Das, Jai K.	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 614
52	44,040	ZA Zeeshan, Ahmed	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 402
53	44,200	AK Ahmed, Khalid	Sukkur IBA University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 539
54	44,584	SK Shah, Kamal	University of Malakand	Applied Mathematics	Rank 124
55	45,103	SM Sharif, M.	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 564
56	45,927	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 965
57	47,040	JM Jamil, Mubasher	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 587
58	49,015	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 41
59	49,415	NN Niazi, Nabeel Khan	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 609
60	49,921	IK Ijaz Khan, M.	Riphah International University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 432
61	50,126	SZ Shah, Zahir	University of Lakki Marwat	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 433
62	50,157	KT Khan, Tahir Mehmood	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 295
63	50,742	MG Murtaza, G.	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 297
64	50,880	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,413
65	52,453	AK Abro, Kashif Ali	Mehran University of Engineering & Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 655
66	53,348	HS Hussain, S.	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 801
67	54,039	KM Khan, Majid	Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,498
68	56,499	RA Rauf, A.	University of Swabi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 175
69	57,165	SJ Syed, Jawad	Suleman Dawood School of Business	Business & Management	Rank 1,109
70	57,262	CZ Chohan, Zahid Hussain	Institute of Southern Punjab	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 217
71	59,564	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 457
72	60,455	Akram, Nudrat Aisha	Government College University Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 925
73	60,555	MR Malik, Riffat Naseem	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 772
74	60,839	KS Khan, S.	Snow Leopard Foundation	Microbiology	Rank 1,446
75	61,020	KR Khan, Rifat Ullah	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 142
76	61,857	RM Ramzan, M.	Bahria University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 546
77	61,915	AS Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 953
78	62,061	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Chemical Physics	Rank 895
79	62,886	YM Younis, M.	University of the Punjab	General Physics	Rank 354
80	63,165	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 984
81	63,459	ZA Zaidi, Anita K.M.	The Aga Khan University	Microbiology	Rank 1,518
82	64,078	BM Butt, Masood Sadiq	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 501
83	64,113	Shahzad, Faisal	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,923
84	65,779	QM Qasim, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 584
85	66,131	AM Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid	Government College University Faisalabad	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,556
86	66,227	IK Ishaque, Kashif	Capital University of Science & Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 201
87	66,277	HM Hussain, Muzammil	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,847
88	66,588	Zia, Khalid Mahmood	Government College University Faisalabad	Polymers	Rank 567
89	66,665	AM Arshad, Muhammad	University of Sargodha	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,045
90	66,801	RK Rehman, Kanwal	The Women University Multan	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,570
91	69,600	FA Farooqi, Ammad Ahmad	Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,651
92	69,782	AS Arshed, Saima	University of the Punjab	Optics	Rank 292
93	70,382	QS Qayyum, Sumaira	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 625
94	71,136	RA Rehman, Abdul	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,123
95	71,925	HS Hussain, Shafqat	Capital University of Science & Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,463
96	72,057	ST Salahuddin, T.	Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,468
97	72,866	AM Asgher, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Biotechnology	Rank 268
98	75,597	Waheed, Yasir	Foundation University Medical College	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 982
99	76,858	KN Khalid, Nauman	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Food Science	Rank 621
100	79,218	JA Jalil, Abdul	Pakistan Institute of Development Economics	Economics	Rank 924
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Pakistan are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

509 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2022 single-year list, and 137 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Pakistan has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2022 single-year list, Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 29. It is followed by Government College University Faisalabad with 28.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Pakistan changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Pakistan went from 243 scientists in 2020 to 509 in 2022, a change of +109.5%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.